Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-04-30
NEWS SUMMARY.
The Last of tho MOLLY Magutres"-
senatorial Oontest--Horse Thief AR
restsd-A ssauitsd with an Axe. . ~
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IThe Last OF tho "MOily ma8utros
! SENATORIAL Uontest--H orse Thaef ..Ar
rested-A ssaultsd with an Are. ., n
The Pardon Board, at Harrisburg, or
FRIDAY approved the application for 9
Ioartion in the cases OF Michael O'Brier
land Christopher DonDely, known n,
I"tbe last OF the Molly Maguires." They
wers sentenced In 1876 to fourteen years
leach Ia the Schuylkill County prison
lfor completely In the murder Of Conner
IJames. ut Shenandoah, and the at
Itemp,ed murder of the Major brothers,
land William Thomas, at Mahanoy City.
IComm uta,ion ded ucted, their sentences
would have expired In June next, nm.
!ess 1t should have been held that the
1.-TWO sentences imposed upon each did
not merge, In which case they would
have about two years longer TO serve.
The Senate of West Virginia spent
Yesterdays session In debating q mo-
! lion to adjourn without electing .
United States Senator. A letter from
IMr. Lucas, Governor Wilson's sp
pointee, Informed the Legislature that
| IL would not be lawful act to elect ,
Senator, and that o contest would re-
suit should the Legislature elect.
R,v. A. M. Morrison stole horse
and buggy in Baltimore on the 9th inst.
A few days ago he was arrested in
Massachusetts and returned 10 BaIti-
more. He was tried and convicted
y esterday and sentenced to seven years.
imprisonment In the penitentiary at
hard labor.
Andrew Tingle, an aged man, was
found on Thursday, on the roadside
near Hummeistown, Dauphin County,
Per nsy lvania, with bad scalp wound,
evidently inflicted by an axe. He was
unconscious and nearly dead from loss
OF blood when found, and his recovery
10 doubtful.
Six trsmps got into fight at the nat
ural Ras well near Anderson, Indiana,
on Thursday, and two OF them were
pushed into the flame OF the burning
gas. One died almost instantly from
inhaling the flame, and the other was
fatally burned.
James ii. Marcum, was hanged Fri
day at Louisa, Kentucky, for the muir.
mitted in February OF last year. He
v as convicted on circum stanttal evi
dence, but made % confession o few
days ago.
Abraham Lift ejohn and his wife, an
aged couple, perished In their burning
dwelling, near Clinton, Ala Thursday
night. circumstances indicate that
they wero murdered and that the he use
was burned to conceal the crime.
1t is said that tho men who robbed
the express train on the Southern Paci.
fc railroad ct Papago Station, Arizona,
on Wednesday night, have been "spot.
ted" and that it will be only n ques
lion OF time before they are captured.
The body Of o man, about so years old
found in the Delaware river at Mead
street wharf, Philadelphia, on Wednes.
day, WAS on Friday identified as that of
Michael Jones, who had besn misstng|
since November 6.
Senator Mariscal, Secretary Of For.
eian Affairs to Mexico, teleRraphetFri
day to Senior Romero, in Washington,
tha. there is not single case of cholera
In Mexican Territory or In Central
America.
Il. NJ. Simmons. lately manager Of
The burned Hotel Del Monte, at Monte |
rey, California, was held In SIS, COO bail |
On Thursday on the charge of setting
IRE to the hotel.
Charles Pillepaugh, a farmer OF Graf.
ION, Wisconsin, was found murdered In
1is house on Thursday, aud the dwell.
ling had been ransacked. He lived
Alone.
Felix Griffin was shot dead and twoI
others were BADLY wounded while try-J
ng TO steal horses from a stable near
Fails, Arkansas, ON Thursday
night.
John Hanser and Henry Gosbnel, !
while coating on q mill pond at Lisbon ]
y. ID on Friday, were carried over o
lam and drowned.
-, Judge Van Brunt, In New York, on
'Elaay denied the motion TO quasn the
Indictment against JacJb Sharp.